The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."

"One must talk little and listen much." African Proverb "A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something." Wilson Mizner "The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak." Francois La Rochefoucauld "I like to listen.I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway "No one ever listened themselves out of a job." Calvin Coolidge "He understands badly who listens badly." Welsh Proverbs "One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them." Dean Rusk "Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk." Doug Larson "Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story." Max Ehrmann, from Desiderata